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The Number of 911 Calls in Butte, Montana, Has a Poisson

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The number of 911 calls in Butte, Montana, has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 10 calls a day. The probability of seven 911 calls in a day is ________.


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Paradigm Shift

A fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline.

Falsifiable Hypothesis

A hypothesis that can be demonstrated to be false by an experiment or observation, a critical aspect of the scientific method.

Prokaryotes

Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, including bacteria and archaea.

Bacteria

Prokaryotic organisms that have peptidoglycan in their cell walls; most are decomposers, but some are parasites and others are autotrophs. Bacteria is the name of one of the two prokaryotic domains. Compare with archaea.

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